Agenda

Thursday, December 1, 2011


7:30 – 8:30 Registration / Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:45 Introduction and Welcome to Conference

    Michael Thompson, PhD, Associate Dean, Marriott School of Business, Brigham Young University

8:45 – 9:15 Keynote Address: Driving Board Room Innovation

    Steven R. Walker, General Counsel, Secretary & Director of the Board Advisory Services, National Association of Corporate Directors

9:15 – 10:00 Keynote Address: Leading with Values

    Kim Cameron, Associate Dean, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

10:00 – 10:30 Network Break

10:30 – 11:45 Panel: Global Political and Economic Upheaval – Are You Isolating or Insulating Your Company?

      Moderator – Mark Bonham, Partner, Sagecreek Partners
      Panelist – Kirk Jowers, Member Caplin & Drysdale, Director Hinckley Institute of Politics
      Panelist – Les Brorsen, Senior Political Advisor, Ernst & Young
      Panelist – Joan Woodward, Executive Vice President Public Policy, The Travelers Companies, Inc., Former Executive Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s Markets Institute, Former Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and Senior Economist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget

11:45 – 1:00 Lunch Keynote Address – Understanding the Digital Economy

    Clark Gilbert, President, Deseret Digital Media

1:00 – 1:30 Networking Break

1:30 – 2:45 Breakout I: Cyber and Social Media Risks – What Board Members Should Know

      Moderator – Spencer Hoole, Managing Partner, Diversified Insurance Group
      Panelist – Lauri Floresca, Partner, Woodruff-Sawyer
      Panelist – Janice Chaffin, Group President, Consumer Business Unit, Symantec
      Panelist – Tonia Klausner, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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1:30 – 2:45 Breakout II: Building a Board for Strategic Advantage

      Moderator – David Winder
      Panelist – Steven R. Walker, General Counsel, Secretary & Director of the Board Advisory Services, National Association of Corporate Directors
      Panelist – Bob Bench, Managing Partner, BayHill Capital
      Panelist – Todd Stevens, Managing Partner, RenewableTech Ventures
      Panelist – Satish Rishi, SVP & CFO Rambus; Board Member – Measurement Specialties Inc.
      Panelist – Karin Eastham, Professional Director

2:45 – 3:00 Networking Break

3:00 – 4:15 Breakout I: Dodd-Frank – Understanding the Regulatory Roadmap and the New Realities Of Corporate Governance

      Moderator – Ron Poelman, Partner, Jones Waldo
      Panelist – Josh Foukas, Assistant General Counsel and VP of Finance, USANA
      Panelist – Carol Beaumier, Vice President and Global Financial Services Leader, Protiviti
      Panelist – Steven R. Walker, General Counsel, Secretary & Director of the Board Advisory Services, National Association of Corporate Directors
      Panelist - Richard Blake, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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3:00 – 4:15 Breakout II: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) – Yes, This is something Directors and Officers Need to Brush Up On

      Moderator – Jason Roberts, Protiviti
      Panelist – Jamon Jarvis, General Counsel, Nature’s Sunshine Products
      Panelist – David Rudd, Partner, Ballard Spahr, LLP
      Panelist – Susan Muck, Partner, Fenwick & West
      Panelist – John Springer, Director of Finance, Cadence Design Systems

4:15 – 5:00 Keynote Address: A Look Back Inside the Financial Tornado . . . Is there Another Bubble on the Horizon?

    George Feiger, CEO of Contango Wealth Management, Division of Zions Bancorporation, Ph.D Economics, Harvard University

5:15 Meet the Experts Cocktail Reception

Friday, December 2, 2011


8:00 – 8:30 Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 Keynote Address: What Directors and Officers Need to Know about Coming Changes in Tax Policy and Domestic Politics

    Joan Woodward, Executive Vice President Public Policy, The Travelers Companies, Inc., Former Executive Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s Markets Institute, Former Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and Senior Economist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget

9:00 – 9:45 Breakout II: IPO Comeback – Tales from New Issuers

      Moderator – Daren Shaw, Managing Director, Investment Banking, D.A. Davidson & Co.
      Panelist – Shawn Lindquist, General Counsel, Fusion-io
      Panelist – Mitch Edwards, GC CFO, Skullcandy
      Panelist – Howard Hochhauser, CFO, Ancestry.com
      Panelist – Steve Hobbs, Managing Director, Protiviti

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Breakout II: Shockproof – Innovating in Mature Industries

      Moderator – Kent Bowman, Partner, Tanner LLC
      Panelist – Todd Pedersen, CEO, Vivint
      Panelist – Scott Tanner, President, Winder Farms
      Panelist – Peter Metcalf, CEO, Black Diamond
      Panelist – Chet Linton, CEO, School Improvement Network

9:45 – 10:15 Networking Break

10:15 – 11:15 Keynote Address: Ethics, Expectations and Board Dynamics

    Brad Agle, Professor of Public Management, Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University

11:15 – 12:00 Keynote Address: Being an Effective Corporate Citizen . . . World Citizen

    Scott Anderson, President, Zions Bank

12:15 Conference wrap-up / adjourn SKI AFTERNOON

Ski Passes Available